{"id":15717,"date":"2025-07-23T11:06:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T03:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/?p=15717"},"modified":"2025-07-23T11:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T03:06:36","slug":"former-referee-on-neymar-the-more-he-writhed-in-pain-the-more-i-let-the-game-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/news\/former-referee-on-neymar-the-more-he-writhed-in-pain-the-more-i-let-the-game-go-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Former referee on Neymar: \u2018The more he writhed in pain, the more I let the game go on\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Former-referee-on-Neymar-\u2018The-more-he-writhed-in-pain-the-more-I-let-the-game-go-on.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Former-referee-on-Neymar-\u2018The-more-he-writhed-in-pain-the-more-I-let-the-game-go-on.png 512w, https:\/\/bbscore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Former-referee-on-Neymar-\u2018The-more-he-writhed-in-pain-the-more-I-let-the-game-go-on-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/bbscore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Former-referee-on-Neymar-\u2018The-more-he-writhed-in-pain-the-more-I-let-the-game-go-on-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>World Cup and Champions League final referee Felix Brych explains how he interpreted Neymar&#8217;s simulations on the field<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently retired from soccer, former referee<strong> Felix Brych <\/strong>considered <strong>Neymar<\/strong> a &#8220;legendary player&#8221; when it came to simulating fouls. In the German&#8217;s view, the Brazilian star&#8217;s exaggerated expressions of pain signaled the absence of fouls in the play. &#8220;Neymar was practically legendary, but I was already used to him. The more he contorted his face in pain, the more I let the game continue. A player in severe pain immediately stays on the ground, they don&#8217;t roll around endlessly on the pitch,&#8221; Felix Brych declared in an interview with German magazine Focus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I often interpreted the reactions of the players around me to determine whether or not it was a foul. If they looked at me first, it couldn&#8217;t have been that serious. If the concern for their teammate or the reaction to the opponent had been greater, things would have been different,&#8221; explained the 49-year-old former referee. &#8220;Over time, players have perfected the art of simulation. But with the advent of VAR, it has become more difficult for them,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Felix Brych&#8217;s Refereeing Career<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lawyer by training, Felix Brych began his refereeing career in German amateur leagues in 1999. In 2004, Brych began officiating in the Bundesliga. Three years later, he joined FIFA&#8217;s international squad. His resume includes the London Olympic Games (2012), the Confederations Cup (2013), and two World Cups (2014 and 2018).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also officiated at two European Championships (2016 and 2020). The 2016\/2017 Champions League final (Real Madrid&#8217;s victory over Juventus) and the Europa League final (Sevilla&#8217;s victory over Benfica) are among the German&#8217;s most notable matches. Interestingly, despite 26 years of refereeing, Felix Brych has never officiated a match for Bayern Munich, Germany&#8217;s biggest club. Because he was born in Munich, he was prevented from being selected for matches by teams from the city.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Cup and Champions League final referee Felix Brych explains how he interpreted Neymar&#8217;s simulations [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15719,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15717\/revisions\/15719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbscore.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}